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Gabriel
Resources nu are resurse cit Newmont, este doar un pitic mic care vrea sa dea un
tun mare ! http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4120550.html
Aug.
16, 2006, 6:43AM © 2006 The Associated Press TASHKENT, Uzbekistan An Uzbek court has declared bankrupt the
local joint venture of Newmont Mining Corp., a government-run newspaper reported
Wednesday, likely ending the U.S. company's gold operations in
Uzbekistan. The Zarafshan-Newmont joint venture owned by Newmont and the Uzbek
government was declared bankrupt last Thursday over back taxes of $48 million,
according to a statement published in the Narodnoye Slovo
newspaper. The Uzbek Anti-Monopoly State Committee said in the statement that
the mining venture's creditors would meet on Sept. 19, and that it had appointed
a temporary manager. Newmont officials in Uzbekistan were not available for
comment. Colorado-based Newmont, one of the world's largest gold producers,
said last week that Uzbek authorities were trying to seize its part of the
venture. It complained of officials opening a criminal probe into its operations
and staffers, freezing its bank accounts and blocking shipments from the
venture's Muruntau mine, 250 miles west of the Uzbek capital,
Tashkent. In recent months, President Islam Karimov's government has hounded
foreign-funded aid groups and media outlets, forcing many to leave the tightly
controlled Central Asian state. Relations with the United States soured after Washington joined
with European countries in calling for an independent probe into the bloody
crackdown on last year's uprising in the eastern city of
Andijan. When Newmont started the venture in 1995, Karimov welcomed it,
promising a "regime of special favors" and tax
privileges. The venture produced gold from stockpiles generated by one of the
world's largest open pit gold mines. The company says direct economic benefit to
Uzbekistan from the venture has exceeded $500
million. Based in Denver, Newmont has operations in Nevada, Australia,
Peru, Indonesia, Canada, Uzbekistan, Bolivia, New Zealand and
Mexico. The Uzbekistan dispute is the third international trouble that
Newmont has faced recently. The other two involve a jobs protest in Peru and the
ongoing trial of a Newmont executive in Indonesia. *** sustineti [romania_eu_list] prin 2% din impozitul pe 2005 - detalii la http://www.doilasuta.ro ***
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